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Golf’s Holy War: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age of Science
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7/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Brett Cyrgalis
Publisher:
Avid Reader Press / Simon Schuster
Date:
May 5, 2020
Brett Cyrgalisâs Golfâs Holy War takes us inside golfâs clash between its beloved artistic tradition and its analytic future.
What The Reviewers Say
Cyrgalis launches a deep and detailed discussion of how players have advanced from self-teaching to team-teaching to data gathering and technology in their search for golfing success. He also notes how modern players, while mastering ball-striking, sometimes reach their goals through both physical and emotional costs. The poster child for this is Tiger Woods. In addition, Cyrgalis devotes a portion of the book to talking about equipment and golf course design changes.
...a fascinating look at where technological innovation and hallowed tradition meet in the golf world.
The book is a grab bag of mini-profiles, historical anecdotes, economic analysis, golf-swing arcana and philosophical pensées. It doesn’t so much pursue a central argument as lay out material, much of it fascinating, for readers to consider. Mr. Cyrgalis, a sportswriter for the New York Post, occasionally links the debate to the larger social challenges of balancing tradition and technology, but for the most part he sticks close to the game at hand.
